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Robert Kuok (Kuok Hock Nien) was born on 6 October, 1923 in Johor Bahru, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia), is a Malaysian billionaire business magnate. Discover Robert Kuok's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 100 years old?

Popular As Kuok Hock Nien
Occupation Business magnate, investor, philanthropist
Age 100 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 6 October, 1923
Birthday 6 October
Birthplace Johor Bahru, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Nationality Malaysia

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Who Is Robert Kuok's Wife?

His wife is Joyce Cheah (谢碧蓉) (deceased) Pauline Ho Poh Lin (何宝莲)

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Wife Joyce Cheah (谢碧蓉) (deceased) Pauline Ho Poh Lin (何宝莲)
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Children 8

Robert Kuok Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Robert Kuok worth at the age of 100 years old? Robert Kuok’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businessman. He is from Malaysia. We have estimated Robert Kuok's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Businessman

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1923

Robert Kuok Hock Nien (Foochow Romanized: Guóh Hŏk-nièng; born 6 October 1923) is a Malaysian billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.

Kuok was born on 6 October 1923 in Johor Bahru to a wealthy Malaysian Chinese family and was named after Robert the Bruce when he enrolled at an English primary school by his father’s English-speaking clerk.

Kuok's father Kuok Keng Kang arrived in Malaya from Fuzhou, China, at the beginning of the 20th century, and Robert was the youngest of three brothers born to Kuok Keng Kang and Robert's mother Zheng Ge Ru.

He grew up speaking his parents' Fuzhou dialect, English and Japanese during Japan's wartime occupation of Malaya.

He studied at Raffles Institution where he was classmate with the founding Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and English College Johore Bahru.

According to Kuok himself, he began his business career as an office boy, and later started a business from scratch with financial backing coming from his relatives.

1942

Upon graduation, he became a collaborator and worked as a clerk in the rice-trading department of Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha during the Japanese occupation period between 1942 and 1945, in Singapore, a conglomerate that with the help of Japanese military unit monopolized the rice trade in Malaya during the occupation period.

He was soon promoted to head the rice-trading department.

After the war, he took the skills he learned from the occupying force to the family's business in Johor.

1948

After the senior Kuok died in 1948, Kuok and his two brothers and a cousin, Kuok Hock Chin founded Kuok Brothers Sdn Bhd in 1949, trading agricultural commodities.

Kuok's relationship with the Japanese continued after Malaya gained independence.

1959

In 1959, Kuok formed Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Co. Bhd.

together with two prominent Japanese partners.

He also brought many influential Malay elites into his company as directors and shareholders, including politicians and royalty.

1961

In 1961, he bought cheap sugar from India before the prices shot up, and continued to invest heavily in sugar refineries, at one time controlling 80% of the Malaysian sugar market with production of 1.5 million tonnes, equivalent to 10% of world production, earning himself the nickname "Sugar King of Asia" in the process.

1971

In 1971, he built the first Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore; with land acquired through Petaling Garden Berhad, a Malaysian based developer.

1973

Since 1973, Kuok has lived in Hong Kong.

According to Forbes, his net worth is estimated at $11.8 billion as of April 2023, making him the wealthiest Malaysian citizen and 96th wealthiest person in the world.

As of April 2023, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2023, Kuok has an estimated net worth of $17.7 billion, making him the 97th richest person in the world.

Although Kuok is a major figure in Malaysian business circles, he has remained media shy and maintains a low public profile despite his massive business success and immense wealth, with most of his companies being privately held by him or his family members.

Apart presiding the ownership over a multitude of businesses spread across numerous industries in the Malaysian economic landscape, his companies have investments in many countries throughout Continental Asia.

His business interests (collectively known as the Kuok Group of Companies) range from sugarcane plantations (Perlis Plantations Bhd), sugar refineries, flour milling, animal feed, oil, mining, financial services, hotel (Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts), real estate (Kerry Properties), trading, freight shipping (Kerry Logistics) and publishing.

The biggest source of wealth that has contributed to his private fortune is a stake in Wilmar International, the world's largest listed palm oil trader company.

1977

His first foray into Hong Kong property was in 1977, when he acquired a plot of land on the newly reclaimed Tsim Sha Tsui East waterfront, where he built his second hotel, the Kowloon Shangri-La.

1993

In 1993, his Kerry Group acquired a 34.9% stake in the South China Morning Post from Murdoch's News Corporation.

Kuok officially retired from the Kerry Group on 1 April 1993.

His companies have investments in many countries, including Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Mainland China, Indonesia, Fiji, and Australia.

Businesses in China include 10 bottling companies for Coca-Cola and the ownership of the Beijing World Trade Centre.

His company's freight shipping interests include Malaysian Bulk Carriers Berhad and Transmile Group.

2007

In 2007, Kuok merged his plantations, edible oil, and grain businesses with Wilmar International, making it the world's biggest palm-oil processor.

2009

On 31 October 2009, the PPB Group under the flagship of Robert Kuok issued a statement to the Bursa Malaysia that it had decided to dispose of its sugar units along with land used to cultivate sugar cane for RM 1.29 billion to FELDA.

The sales resulted in a one-off gain for the company.

2014

In February 2014, PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH), a Singaporean-based oil services operator owned by Kuok started pre-IPO talks with investors to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange to raise $400 million.

His political influence is attested by his selection as one of the Hong Kong Affairs Advisors in the run-up to the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and his minority stake in CITIC Pacific.

He was also instrumental in conveying information and setting up the meetings between Malaysian and Chinese governments leading to full diplomatic cross recognition of the two countries.

2018

In 2018, Kuok was appointed to the Council of Eminent Persons to advise Ex-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

On 12 May 2018, in the aftermath of the Malaysian general election that year, Kuok was appointed to the five-member Council of Eminent Persons along with Tun Daim Zainuddin, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Tan Sri Hassan Marican and Jomo Kwame Sundaram to advise the new Pakatan Harapan federal government.

Kuok has been married twice.

His first wife was Joyce Cheah and his second wife is Pauline Ho Poh Lin.

He has eight children from the marriages.